Seletar Park Connector 16Apr26

From KH

Asian Openbill living in harmony with other birds, local and foreign, at Seletar Park Connector. Here, hanging out with a couple of introduced local Masked Lapwings and a foreign Little Egret.

And here, hanging out with introduced local Javan Mynas. Where are all the real locals??

Introduced apple snail that got away, among those that didn't.

Foreign Yellow Bittern with long neck.

Finally, some real locals. Male Pink-necked Green-Pigeon feeding on figs. This tree figged in Feb this year, now fig again?

What's this "cherry"? Why no takers? Not sweet?

Zebra Dove juveniles just chilling out.

Malaysian Pied-Fantail juveniles were more chatty. juvy 1: What's wrong with your neck? Juvy 2: Nothing, our feathers are still growing. Get a mirror.

Juvy 1: I'm gonna catch that fly! Juvy 2: Save your effort. Food delivery coming.

Juvy 2: Feed me! Feed me! Juvy 1: I'm gonna catch THAT fly!

Huge Equatorial Spitting Cobra, taking up more than half trail that is more than 2 m wide.

Water Monitor: This is mine! All mine!

Seletar Dam, Rower's Bay 19Feb25

From KH

At Seletar Dam, a pair of Great-billed Herons were courting, but photobombed by a Javan Myna.

Pacific Swallow showing how it can independently control the nictitating membrane of each eye.

Jellyfish swimming in the strait.

At Rower's Bay Park, 5 Masked Lapwings were chilling out on the rocks.

Asian Brown Flycatcher chilling out on a tree.

Asian Openbills eating snails along Seletar Club Road.

Marina East 29Dec21

From KH

I continued today at Marina East from yesterday's search for Siberian House-Martin, but still no luck. Nice to see Watercock and Baillon's Crake.

Can you spot the shy Greater Painted-Snipe?

White-breasted Waterhen chick was much bolder!

Medium Egret caught a Garden Supple Skink.

Little Egret ready to strike.

A flock of 13 Masked Lapwings.

Tweeddale morph Oriental Honey-Buzzard looking for honey?

No martin, but got Eastern Red-rumped Swallow.

I was shooting this Dingy Bushbrown and didn't realize that there were Anoplodesmus saussurii millipedes on the left and an ant on the right until after reviewing the photo.

Similarly, too focused on shooting this Common Bluetail and did not see the ant at the bottom right.

The other insects caught on my sensors were Henosepilachna ladybird and Common Scarlet.

The common plants here: Broad-leaved Carpetgrass and Mimosa.

White Leadtree.

Water Dead-and-Awake.

Rower's Bay, Seletar Dam 27Sep20

From KH

Decided to go Seletar Dam for wader watching. But, first up, at Rower's Bay, a couple of juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbuls were begging for food.

And here's a female Blue Sprite resting on Pink Kopsia Kopsia fruticosa.

1. Masked Lapwing 2
2. Little Tern 1
3. Little Egret 4
4. Common Tailorbird 1
5. Barn Swallow 1
6. Yellow-vented Bulbul 3 - 2 juveniles begging adult for food
7. Javan Myna 10
8. Olive-backed Sunbird 1 - Male

At the dam, there wasn't much, so I entertained myself with the plants and insects. There're Purple Cleome Cleome rutidosperma (left) and Ivy Gourd Coccinia grandis (right).

Male Coastal Glider (left) and male Blue Sprite (right).

A well-camouflaged Pygmy Grass Blue.

1. Zebra Dove 2
2. Common Sandpiper 2
3. tern sp. 1- Not little flew towards reservoir
4. Gray Heron 1
5. Little Egret 2
6. Striated Heron 3
7. House Crow 3
8. Barn Swallow 1
9. Javan Myna 15

Back at Rower's Bay, I got a male Common Bluetail. Notice it looks similar to the male Blue Sprite, but the amount of blue on the thorax and abdomen are much less.

A Great Eggfly.

A cute male Ashy Tailorbird.

Female Olive-backed Sunbird on Red Leea.

House Crow with nesting material.

And friendly introduced Masked Lapwing.

1. Masked Lapwing 5 - Introduced
2. Little Tern 6
3. Great Egret 1
4. Little Egret 30
5. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
6. Red-breasted Parakeet 1 - Heard
7. Black-naped Oriole 1- Heard
8. Common Iora 1 - Heard
9. House Crow 2 - Carrying nesting material
10. Ashy Tailorbird 1
11. Barn Swallow 5
12. Javan Myna 30
13. Olive-backed Sunbird 2 - Pair